Employee Training and Resources

Welcome to the Zachary Community School District!

The Zachary Community School District’s number one priority is to provide a safe and welcoming learning and working environment for students and staff.  One of the most important responsibilities of an employer is ensuring employees are adequately trained. The required trainings below will help you to be more successful in your roles and help promote compliance with applicable laws, policies, and procedures. These trainings are designed to ensure that every employee has the knowledge and information to establish and maintain a positive, safe, and healthy school environment.   The following has been updated to align with Revisions to Required Trainings received from the Louisiana Department of Education.

ANNUAL TRAININGS

Cybersecurity Awareness

Any employee who accesses any computer or electronic accounts must complete this training.

Ethics Administration Program

All Zachary Community School District employees are bound by the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics. More information about the Code of Governmental Ethics can be found at the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program website. All Zachary Community School District employees are required to take one hour of training per calendar year on the Code of Governmental Ethics.

  • Click to access the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program Training
  • Print a copy of your 2024 Ethics certificate and attach it to the annual checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.

Mandated Reporter Annual Training

  • New employees will need to create an account. (If you have set up an account before this school year, you may continue using that account.)
  • If you do not know your login, click the “forgot password” link.
  • Print a copy of your certificate and attach it to the annual checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.
  • Must be completed between June 1st and August 31st Annually.

 

Seizure Training

    • Click here to access Vector Solutions Training Site.
    • Login using your employee I.D. number – there is no password
    • Seizure Training for School Personnel by Epilepsy Foundation of America
    • Print a copy of your 2024 certificate and attach it to the annual checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.

Sexual Harassment

  • Click here to access Vector Solutions Training Site.
  • Login using your employee I.D. number – there is no password
  • Sexual Harassment: Policy and Prevention Training (Administrators)
  • Sexual Harassment: Student Issues & Response Training
  • Sexual Harassment: Staff-to-Staff Training
  • Print a copy of your 2024 certificates and attach it to the annual checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.

 

  • JAAA: Title IX Sexual Harassment
  • GAEAA: Title VII Employee Sexual Harassment
  • JCED: Sexually Related Student Misconduct

ONE TIME TRAINING

Note:  Some training must be completed once by all.  Once these have been completed, the educator must maintain a certificate documenting the training.
If this certificate cannot be provided, the educator must complete the training again.

Adverse Childhood Experience

  • Go to Home Page
  • Click Browse Online Courses
  • Click Trauma Informed Care
  • See Introduction to Trauma Informed Education Module (View More, Click Start)
  • Click Enroll Me and Begin the Pre-test, Course and Post-Test
  • Print a copy of your 2024 certificate and attach it to the “once” checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.

Bullying Prevention

  • Bullying: Recognition and Response Training
  • Print a copy of your 2024 certificate and attach it to the “once” checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.
  • Note:  If you have completed this requirement, please attach a copy of your most recent certificate.

 

Communicable Diseases

  • Click here to access Vector Solutions Training Site.
  • Login using your employee I.D. number – there is no password
  • Blood-borne Pathogens
  • Print a copy of your 2024 certificate and attach it to the “once” checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.
  • Note:  If you have completed this requirement, please attach a copy of your most recent certificate.

First Aid

  • First Aid Training
  • Print a copy of your 2024 certificate and attach it to the “once” checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.
  • Note:  If you have completed this requirement, please attach a copy of your most recent certificate.

 

Mental Health Awareness

  • Click here to access Vector Solutions Training Site.
  • Login using your employee I.D. number – there is no password
  • Student Mental Health: Awareness, Intervention, and Referral
  • Print a copy of your 2024 certificate and attach it to the “once” checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.
  • Note:  If you have completed this requirement, please attach a copy of your most recent certificate.

 

Suicide Prevention

  • Youth Suicide: Awareness, Prevention, and Postvention- Jason Flatt Training
  • Print a copy of your 2024 certificate and attach it to the “once” checklist to return to your supervisor/principal.
  • Note:  If you have completed this requirement, please attach a copy of your most recent certificate.

 

TEAM TRAININGS

Athletic Training Requirements

  • Coaches, Athletic Trainers, and Other Identified Personnel (including volunteers) will be provided training information from Coach David Brewerton, Director of Athletics.
  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest Education Course

 

First Aid, CPR & AED (School Teams)

All designated staff are to maintain current CPR, AED, and first aid certifications as per the district’s training schedule.  More Information on these areas will be provided by Mrs. Aeneid Mason and/or your school nurse.

LITERACY TRAINING

Science of Reading training through the Louisiana Professional Learning Platform, Canopy is now available.

The course code for the Science of Reading training on Canopy is 8CBF0261.

 

This two-part course includes:

  • Part 1: Six modules covering The Science and Art of Teaching Reading, Science of Reading, Assessment, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, and Phonics (Decoding, Encoding, and Word Study)
  • Part 2: Seven additional modules, to be released this winter

TALENTED ED RECORDS (2024)

Log into TalentEd here.

  • In the top right corner, click to enter “Records”
  • View your list of tasks that “Need attention.”
  • Click the view buttons to the right of each task to review, complete, and acknowledge, as applicable.
  • You are not required to print these forms. Check “completed” on the cover sheet once you have reviewed, completed, and acknowledged, as applicable, in the system.

 Second Injury Questionnaire

  • Click to download and complete a copy of Louisiana’s Worker’s Compensation Second Injury Questionnaire.
  • This document may be placed in a sealed envelope.
  • Note: If you have completed this form as a part of your 2024 onboarding packet, please indicate it on your cover sheet.

Job Descriptions and Contracts (If, Applicable)

  • Login to TalentEd Perform and Sign Your 2024 Job Description and Contract (If, Applicable)

OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES

District Contact:

Yolanda Williams, Director of Human Resources
Kalyn Gauthier, Human Resources Coordinator

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